we will be down the 21 of may.we go to the davidson,crockett,frogg,clarkrange cemeteries.----phyllis ----- Original Message ---- From: gerrigoodwin tds.net <gerrigoodwin@tds.net> To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, March 29, 2011 1:03:52 AM Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] Decoration Day Which cemeteries are you going to and when is the decoration day? Gerri On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:56 PM, WILLIAM GARRETT <phyllisgar@prodigy.net>wrote: > my sister and i go every year for decoration day and put flowers on there > graves.been doing this sense 1964.will be there this year.--phyllis > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "MPiros1120@aol.com" <MPiros1120@aol.com> > To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, March 28, 2011 9:38:44 PM > Subject: [TNFENTRE] Decoration Day > > Gerri > > I haven't heard those words in a long time..I remember Decoration Day from > a kid at my Aunt Effie Delk Leffew's. My Granny Delk., Aunt Effie and Aunt > Lexie Pile Delk Aunt Fae Delk York would make flowers for Decoration Day. > Even us youngins would try to make them. They made the flowers out of crepe > paper and then dip them in paraffin. They worked on them for weeks. When it > came Decoration Day we would get all dressed up and the Aunts took food. I > can't remember whose flat bed truck came to pick us up. We rode on the > truck with nothing to hold us in except gravity. I think we even picked up > the > Hughes which were related through Granny Delk. Her sister was Nan Patton > Hughes and her husband was Tyree Hughes....Now we just go to the store and > buy the plants. It was much more fun back in the 40's and 50's...Thanks > for > jogging my memory..anyone else want to add to it.. > > Milly WARD Piros > > My Mind is like Lightning.....One Brilliant flash and pooooooooofffffffff > It's gone > > > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message